noun:

• (police) legwork; house-to-house inquiry; canvassing; investigation carried out by questioning neighbours, bystanders, etc.

noun:

• oshitaoshi; (frontal) push-down; (win by) knocking down opponent by pushing him with hand(s) rested on his body

noun:

• painter; artist; painter supported by patron

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to operate a business; to run a business; to manage all by oneself

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to inherit; to receive; to take over by transfer

noun:

• barker; tout; hawker; someone who attempts to attract patrons to entertainment events, shops, bars, and such, by exhorting passing public

~する noun:

• calling out to potential customers

noun:

• handwoven; handspun; weaving by hand

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to mistake one thing for another; to mix up two things; to confuse two things; to take by mistake
• to misunderstand; to misapprehend

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be helpful; to be dependable; to stand by (someone) ➜ 力【ちから】

adverb:

• earnestly; intently; determinedly; by all means - archaism
• ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?"); ... on earth (e.g. "who on earth?") - archaism ➜ 一体全体【いったいぜんたい】

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to like; to prefer; to be pleased by - obscure term ➜ お気に召す

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be the work of; to be the result of; to be done by ➜ 掛かる【かかる】
• to concern; to affect; to involve; to relate to

noun:

• media scrum; impromptu press conference; news gathering by a crowd of reporters

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to like; to prefer; to be pleased by - honorific language ➜ 気に召す

expression:

• the law has holes large enough for the most wicked men to slip through; the long arm of the law doesn't reach everywhere; fishes big enough to eat boats aren't caught by the net [literal] - proverb

adverb:

• anything and everything; all sorts of things; by all means ➜ 何でもかでも

noun:

• Dodge line; Dodge plan; financial policy drafted by Joseph Dodge for post-war Japan

noun:

• yen-denominated foreign bond; samurai bond; bond denominated in yen issued by a non-Japanese issuer

expression / adjectival noun:

• triumphant (over a mediocre achievement); boastful; as if one had grabbed a demon by the neck [literal]

adverb:

• reflexively; reflectively; by reflex

expression / adverb:

• never (even in error); never, ever; never, no matter what happens; by no means

noun / ~する noun:

• harakiri; seppuku; ritual suicide by disembowelment ➜ 切腹

expression:

• through; throughout; through (the good offices of); by way of

noun:

• One Village One Product movement; OVOP; campaign to boost the countryside by promoting the special products of local areas

expression:

• money talks; money is the key that opens all doors; money is the best lawyer in hell; even in hell, the extent of one's suffering is determined by money [literal] - proverb